Aliases: isZero.default isZero
Keywords: logic
### ** Examples x <- 0 print(x == 0) # TRUE
[1] TRUE
print(isZero(x)) # TRUE
[1] TRUE
x <- 1 print(x == 0) # FALSE
[1] FALSE
print(isZero(x)) # FALSE
[1] FALSE
x <- .Machine$double.eps print(x == 0) # FALSE
[1] FALSE
print(isZero(x)) # FALSE
[1] FALSE
x <- 0.9*.Machine$double.eps print(x == 0) # FALSE
[1] FALSE
print(isZero(x)) # TRUE
[1] TRUE
# From help(Comparisions) x1 <- 0.5 - 0.3 x2 <- 0.3 - 0.1 print(x1 - x2)
[1] 2.775558e-17
print(x1 == x2) # FALSE on most machines
[1] FALSE
print(identical(all.equal(x1, x2), TRUE)) # TRUE everywhere
[1] TRUE
print(isZero(x1-x2)) # TRUE everywhere
[1] TRUE